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General Discussion => MUSIC => Topic started by: graibe on November 16, 2022, 11:11:59 AM
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What blues artists y'all fuck with? Im in a college course right now centered around the blues and I'm really fucking with T-Bone walker. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix are obvious goats too. Share your favorite blues artists and songs below...
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http://youtu.be/K_DOnKJ232M
Love RL Burnside and delta blues. Junior Kimbrough, t model Ford, Asie Payton.
Love the blues.
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Even though he was mainly famous for his Rock'nRoll Chuck Berry had the blues:
CHUCK BERRY - the blues - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaE7C-hf6Wg)
Lightning Hopkins was sick too:
Gin Bottle Blues - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_IPJFOk6zk)
Contemporary artist Otis Taylor does a good job:
Otis Taylor - Hey Joe - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZHpbMnExSk)
Some folk artists had good blues songs too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOpEbqpLZ50 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOpEbqpLZ50)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq5s3xpkPrc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq5s3xpkPrc)
Also something that you need to look into is the whole Mali / Niger / Desert Blues.
Vieux Farka Toure, son of the famous blues artist Ali Farka Toure:
Vieux Farka Touré - Missing (Live on KEXP) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsE6G3bm7xc)
This live performance is simply the best thing when it comes to guitar playing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41nL2v4SG9w
Bombino is very sick too:
Bombino - Imuhar (acoustic version) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69t_zjuD0bM)
This vietnam vet did some weird bluesy stuff too:
The Spirit Of The Golden Juice - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX6AegJy794)
One man blues bands:
Abner Jay - I'm so Depressed - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKpflHueZAk)
12 string blues:
Leo Kottke - If Momma Knew - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWYGjFPmkw8)
Liver failure blues:
Rory Gallagher - A Million Miles Away Irish Tour 1974 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxiEMpcI83E)
Guitar nerd blues, best blues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSh-YsyjpXk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSh-YsyjpXk)
Blues from across the pond:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1azQLEbvt0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1azQLEbvt0)
Breaking bad twelve string blues:
Robbie Basho - Blue Crystal Fire - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYaGChm8RWw)
(Note: Some of these songs might not sound bluesy at all, but it's hard to define the blues within borders)